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Eusébio +10: Adu

quinta-feira, 26 de julho de 2007

Adu

ESPN NEWS


SALT LAKE CITY -- Freddy Adu will be playing in Major League Soccer for at least a little while longer.

Adu returned to Real Salt Lake on Tuesday night in an exhibition against Argentina's Boca Juniors, but his future appeared closer to moving overseas.

"At this point, I told my agent, just handle everything. Just check in with me every now and then but go ahead and handle everything because I don't want it to distract me," Adu said after scoring a goal in RSL's 1-1 draw.

Adu scored on a penalty kick at the end of the first half, careful to keep his head down and not tip off the goalkeeper as to where the shot was going. He's being just as tricky with his future plans.

Major League Soccer and Benfica reached an agreement on a $2 million transfer fee for the 18-year-old American, but Adu and the Portuguese club could not work out contract terms, a person familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak publicly.

Adu denied knowing any specifics about negotiations agent Richard Motzkin is having with any team, saying he was trying to stay out of it.

"My agent is in talks with some teams," Adu said. "I know when the right offer, the right team comes along, I know he'll let me know."

Motzkin declined comment.

RSL director of soccer operations John Ellinger, who has been coaching Adu since he was 12, said although the first round of negotiations fell through, talks with Benfica were not finished.

"I know Freddy has called his agent and said, 'It's still open. Don't let this get off the table.' It's still a real possibility," Ellinger said before Tuesday's game. "As a club, we're ecstatic to keep him and we're ecstatic for him if he gets a chance to play overseas. That's kind of how we feel about it."

FIFA's transfer deadline is Aug. 31, meaning a deal still could be resurrected.

3 comentários:

Diogo disse...

tenho passado grande parte do dia a ler noticias sobre o Adu. nao sei ainda muito bem em que pe' estamos.

A Sports Illustrated diz que o Benfica e a MLS ja' chegaram a acordo por $2M e que foi o jogador que nao aceitou os termos do contrato embora as negociacoes estejam muito adiantadas e a transferencia esteja por horas.

Por outro lado, ha' noticias contraditorias a dizer que o Adu nao vai para lado nenhum. Ha' ainda quem diga que e' por $7.5M.

Os ingleses estao putos da vida porque a transferencia esta' mais para os lados da Luz do que para o Celtic Park ou outro Park merdoso qualquer.

No fim de contas, se e' o Adu o substituto do Simao, pode ser que valha a pena pelos $2M (nao tanto por 7.5). e' jovem, com jeito, e com um contrato de 5 ou 6 anos com uma clausula de rescisao elevada ainda se faz um grande negocio. Tem que se ter em conta tambem que e' jovem, nao fala portugues... Mas tem o Kaz Patafta nos juniores e podem entreter-se os dois.

Parece-me que, a ser verdade, podia ser um jogador interessante. Mas sera' que dara' mais que o Coentrao, o Assis, o Rui Costa ou o Cardozo, que sao mais jogadores (em termos de experiencia, mesmo que alguns sejam jovens). E' que jogar 'a bola aqui (nos US) e em Portugal e' muito diferente: aos 18 anos ja' levaste tanta porrada que sabes como proteger a bola e ser mais matreiro... o Adu joga para o espectaculo porque nenhum Jorge Costa se mandou para cima dele para partir ossos...

Diogo disse...

uma outra nota: temos direito a 2 refugos do Atletico. Se o Maniche entrar pela Catedral adentro sugiro uma mobilizacao com paus e pedras. So' no caso de ele ter ideias de voltar...

Joao disse...

eu levo os alicates